Beja Food Bank loses 600 litres of olive oil in overnight raid
The facilities of the Food Bank Against Hunger (BACF) in Beja were raided overnight, with 600 litres of olive oil being stolen, worth an estimated €5000. Speaking to Lusa, José
University of Algarve to build two new student residences
Over €15.8 million being invested in two University of Algarve residences at Penha and Gambela campuses The University of Algarve (UAlg) is moving forward with the construction of two new
Minister calls for construction of more small-scale solar plants
These smaller solar plants should be built in spaces that “do not disrupt nature or the landscape,” minister says A cutting-edge photovoltaic plant was inaugurated in the tourist resort of
Body of Ukrainian woman recovered following Vila do Bispo cliff fall
34-year-old fell while out walking with partner The body of a 34-year-old Ukrainian woman who fell to her death from a cliff in Vila do Bispo on Saturday evening was
Scandal surrounding former INEM chief ‘gets worse’
Gandra d’Almeida accused of ‘illegally accumulated functions’ in Matosinhos/ Gaia/ Abrantes The deeply embarrassing ‘scandal’ that led to the resignation on Friday of former INEM director António Gandra d’Almeida appears
Minister hails Algarve’s Arcaya as “model of sustainable construction”
“Sustainability is central” to every decision made at Arcaya The Arcaya residential development, born in an “abandoned forest” in the Quinta do Morgadinho estate in the Algarve’s Vilamoura resort town,
German student in critical condition after near-drowning during surf lesson
Instructors “did not realise” she was drowning Maritime police are delivering their report to public prosecutors today about the near-drowning of a young German on Costa da Caparica during a
Young Italian student claims rape by “two or three men” in Martim Moniz
PJ police are investigating latest incident in trouble-torn neighbourhood of Lisbon A 23-year-old Italian student on the Erasmus programme claims to have been raped in the early hours of Sunday
Air Force detects yet another Russian ship in Portugal’s exclusive economic zone
Ship belongs to Russian programme for ‘research into critical underwater infrastructure’ Portugal’s Air Force has detected yet another Russian spyship in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone. According to a statement
Covas do Barroso continues resistance to lithium overlords
Refuses to accept government’s support of company ‘destroying ways of life’ The government’s support of a company seeking to open pit mine lithium in a World Agricultural Heritage site –